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WorksheetsArgument from Design
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 30mins
A state of original "absolute chaos" is impossible because
absolute chaos would produce absolute absurdities
absolute chaos would come after order
absolute chaos would not require order
absolute chaos would produce the ordered universe over time
Chaos is only understood against a background of
chance
order
thought
religion
The main philosophical principle that demonstrates the world is not the product of chance/chaos
causes and effects would result in the production of prior effects
the universe has within itself the source of its existence
the cause of existence can be anything, so long as there is enough time
every effect must have a proportionate cause
The term 'omniscient' means
all-knowing
all-good
all-powerful
ever-present
The design argument is based upon what observation?
the universe is profoundly organized, without which no life could emerge
the universe is in a state of total disorder/chaos
disorganization is the basic state of things
sensory data provides no meaningful access to reality
One reason chance is a poor explanation of the ordered universe is
anything that did happen had to happen
the chances are so vastly remote as to compel(force) an alternative explanation
whatever one thinks about reality is true of reality
there is no possible alternative; God is the only possible answer
Why are blind, purposeless forces unlikely to be the source of the ordered universe?
because when we cease to think we can understand the universe more accurately
the universe self replicates itself an infinite number of times
because even when intention, reason, and practice is involved it's difficult to achieve an orderly result
the universe is capable of creating itself
The reason the source of existence must also be personal is
Only persons are capable of love
Only persons can experience growth
Only person beings can move
Only personal kinds of things have rational intelligence
Why does it matter that it takes rational intelligence to discover the rules of nature?
Because they must have been put there by an intelligence of a rational kind
because rational rules are often a byproduct of random events
because our minds make up the rules of nature
because the only way to see things is ordered, even if in reality they are chaotic
What kind of intelligence is required for the rules in nature to be understood?
animal
rational
machine
emotional
